The Amazing Sense Of Shake Flashcards

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The amazing sense of shake plot outline

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Follows Jackie, a young indigenous woman living in southern Ontario. She is tasked with caring for her aunt Bernice after a car accident. After this accident, aunt Bernice exhibits and unusual ability to predict events, including an earth quake that Jackie dismisses, then after her prediction came true, Jackie recognizes and accepts her own emerging intuitive abilities.

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Characters in the amazing sense of shake?

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Jackie and Aunt Bernice

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Describe Jackie.

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Protagonist, navigates her relationship with her aunt and her own developing cognitive abilities.

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Describe aunt Bernice.

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Jackie’s aunt, an accident leads to the manifestation of her and Jackie’s ESP gifts, becomes an elder figure by the end of the story. A bit manipulative.

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What does ESP stand for?

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Extra sensory perception

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What lessons are taught in the amazing sense of shake?

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-Dont judge others

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What are themes in the amazing sense of shake?

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-Customs and traditions
-Faith
-Finding new identity
-Relationships
-The supernatural
-ESP

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What literary devices are seen most in the amazing sense of shake?

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Similes, Imagery, Personification, Humor.

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